New York Times Answers - Saturday, 5th March 2016 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 5th March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like a drumheadTAUTAAcross 5: "Forget about it!"NOSIREEBOBAAcross 15: Former education secretary DuncanARNEAAcross 16: What may hold a body of evidence?CRIMESCENEAAcross 17: Tie securelyLASHAAcross 18: 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Just call my name"ILLBETHEREAAcross 19: She played Phyllis on TV's "Phyllis"CLORISAAcross 21: Film director ___ C. KentonERLEAAcross 22: No-goodnikRATAAcross 23: With 33-Down, same old offeringsUSUALAAcross 24: Heavy dutyONUSAAcross 25: Spock, e.g.: Abbr.CMDRAAcross 26: One speaking the language PlautdietschMENNONITEAAcross 28: Dictatorial dispatcher on "Taxi"LOUIEAAcross 29: UnfortunateSADAAcross 30: EncyclopedicVASTAAcross 31: Dictatorial typeTINGODAAcross 32: "Murder, Inc." Oscar nomineePETERFALKAAcross 34: Husky food?TAMALEAAcross 37: Overseas court figureEARLAAcross 38: Bush native to the SouthJEBAAcross 41: Santa ___ANITAAAcross 42: Get down to nothing?BAREITALLAAcross 44: Gym bunnies work on themBODSAAcross 45: Animal shelterCOTEAAcross 46: Party dividerAISLEAAcross 47: "Engineered for life" corp.ITTAAcross 48: "Wow"-producing lookGLAMAAcross 49: Lack of punchANEMIAAAcross 50: Olivia de Havilland's Best Actress film, 1949THEHEIRESSAAcross 53: Trusting someone you don't know, e.g.RISKAAcross 54: Present realityHERE AND NOWAAcross 55: ___ etherENOLAAcross 56: Try to win hands down?ARMWRESTLEAAcross 57: GainsayDENYDDown 1: Choices in the baby departmentTALCUMSDDown 2: Body undergoing desertificationARAL SEADDown 3: Ill-conceivedUNSOUNDDDown 4: Capital in 1979-80 headlinesTEHRANDDown 5: Lead-in to "Los Angeles" or "New Orleans"NCISDDown 6: Magic, on a sports tickerORLDDown 7: Quiet after the storm, maybeSILENT TREATMENTDDown 8: StainIMBRUEDDown 9: Reacts to a bombshellREELSDDown 10: Sevilla-to-Granada directionESTEDDown 11: Level in an org.ECHDDown 12: A head might go over the top of itBEER MUGDDown 13: Coming in waves?ONRADIODDown 14: Really embarrassed, maybeBEETREDDDown 20: Song played at Staples Center after every Lakers victoryILOVELADDown 24: Department in PicardyOISEDDown 25: CrownCONKDDown 27: "Great" sleuth of kid-litNATEDDown 28: Jimmy Carter's motherLILLIANDDown 31: Weight allowanceTAREDDown 32: Consoling gesturesPATSDDown 33: See 23-AcrossFAREDDown 34: "Bewitched" witchTABITHADDown 35: Barfly's requestANOTHERDDown 36: Spring break preceder, oftenMIDTERMDDown 38: Pale yellowJASMINEDDown 39: 20th-century novelist who shared first and middle names with poet EmersonELLISONDDown 40: With very little hopeBLEAKLYDDown 42: Theater stageBOARDSDDown 43: Like theater seatingTIEREDDDown 45: "Leavin' on Your Mind" singer, 1963CLINEDDown 48: Stuff in a backpackGEARDDown 49: ___ speakASWEDDown 51: Give the ax?HEWDDown 52: What la Tierra orbitsSOL